By Waziri Isa Adam Even at the twilight of his administration, the Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Professor Kabiru Bala, will not allow peace to reign in the Premier University, as he is rumoured to be clandestinely working with some of his loyalists within the Muslim Forum ofContinue Reading
On the eve of the 100th day of Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations has called the regime’s brutal onslaught on the besieged Palestinian territory a stain for humanity. Philippe Lazzarini, who heads the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), made the remarksContinue Reading
The Special Assistant to Borno State Governor on Media and Strategy, Mallam Isa Gusau, is dead. Sources close to the deceased Media Strategist said he passed on late Thursday evening in London, where he had been undergoing treatment for unknown ailment. Gusau’s career as a media aide begun with hisContinue Reading
The Federal Government has approved a total sum of N643.4 billion naira as the 2024 disbursement for beneficiary tertiary institutions across the country. The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, gave the breakdown of the disbursement at a strategic meeting with heads of beneficiary institutions on FridayContinue Reading
By Toyin Falola The University of Lagos is wise to have selected for its 2024 Convocation Lecture an excellent topic titled “Decolonization of Higher Educational Curriculum: Road for African Institutions.” The choice of this theme is inevitable in a world where continuous research engagements reveal that the highest form ofContinue Reading
The Minister of Interior Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Wednesday passionately pleaded with the 3 promoted ACGs to DCGs to be loyal to the country in the discharge of their responsibilities. He made the pleadings while decorating the tthree officers with new ranks of DCG, he charged them to be loyalContinue Reading
The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday, inaugurated an inter-ministerial committee to look into the activities of private and foreign universities operating in the country. The committee has, as some of its members, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede; theContinue Reading
By Sani Bello Hamza Nigeria; a country naturally blessed with abundant resources; a fine and reliable crude oil; a thriving agriculture; a resilient youth and a hardworking population. Yet, it citizens are trapped in a third-person induced hardship and suffering. The citizens of the country are unable to cater forContinue Reading
By Toyin Falola When conversations like this arise, the question that dominates the mind of everyone is the projections on the future of the megacity of Lagos. Many have made rather large propositions that cities are like human beings—they develop with time and expand within the scope of what isContinue Reading